type: security
subject: Updated dbus packages fix security vulnerability
CVE:
- CVE-2013-2168
src:
2:
core:
- dbus-1.4.16-5.2.mga2
3:
core:
- dbus-1.6.8-4.1.mga3
description: |
Alexandru Cornea discovered a vulnerability in libdbus caused by an
implementation bug in _dbus_printf_string_upper_bound(). This
vulnerability can be exploited by a local user to crash system services
that use libdbus, causing denial of service. Depending on the dbus
services running, it could lead to complete system crash (CVE-2013-2168).
This problem only currently appears to affect the x86_64 version of Mageia
but we advise that all systems should be updated.
references:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10520
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2707
ID: MGASA-2013-0173